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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.210, subsection 2, paragraph d, 1 2 Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 d. The first two speeding violations within any twelve- 1 4 month period of ten miles per hour or less over the legal 1 5 speed limit in speed zones having a legal speed limit between 1 6 thirty-four miles per hour andfifty-sixsixty-one miles per 1 7 hour. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 321.285, Code 1995, is amended to read as 1 9 follows: 1 10 321.285 SPEED RESTRICTIONS. 1 11AnyA person driving a motor vehicle on a highway shall 1 12 drive thesamevehicle at a careful and prudent speed not 1 13 greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having 1 14 due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the highway 1 15 and of any other existing conditionsthen existing, and no. A 1 16 person shall not drive any vehicle upon a highway at a speed 1 17 greater than will permit the person to bring it to a stop 1 18 within the assured clear distance ahead, such. However, the 1 19 driverhavinghas the right to assume, however, that all 1 20 persons usingsaidthe highway will observe the law. 1 21 The following shall be the lawful speedexcept as provided1 22by this section, orexcept as posted pursuant to sections 1 23 262.68; 321.236, subsection 5; 321.288, subsection 6; 321.289; 1 24 321.290; 321.293; 321.295; and 461A.36, and any speed in 1 25 excessthereofof these speeds shall be unlawful: 1 26 1. Twenty miles per hour in any business district. 1 27 2. Twenty-five miles per hour in any residence or school 1 28 district. 1 29 3. Forty-five miles per hour in any suburban district. 1 30 Each school district as defined insubsection 70 ofsection 1 31 321.1, subsection 70, shall be marked by distinctive signs as 1 32 provided by the current manual of uniform traffic control 1 33 devices adopted by the department and placed on the highway at 1 34 the limits of such school district. 1 35 4. Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, the speed 2 1 limit for all vehicular traffic shall befifty-fivesixty 2 2 miles per hour. 2 3 5. Reasonable and proper, but not greater thanfifty-five2 4 sixty miles per hour at any time between sunrise and sunset, 2 5 and not greater thanfiftyfifty-five miles per hour at any 2 6 time between sunset and sunrise, on secondary roads unless 2 7 such roads are surfaced with concrete or asphalt or a 2 8 combination of both, in which case the speed limits shall be 2 9 the same as provided in subsection 4of this section. When 2 10 the board of supervisors of any county shall determine upon 2 11 the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the 2 12 speed limit on any secondary road is greater than is 2 13 reasonable and proper under the conditions found to exist at 2 14 any intersection or other place or upon any part of a 2 15 secondary road, the board shall determine and declare a 2 16 reasonable and proper speed limit at the intersection or other 2 17 part of the secondary road. The speed limits as determined by 2 18 the board of supervisors shall be effective when appropriate 2 19 signs giving notice of the speed limits are erected by the 2 20 board of supervisors at the intersection or other place or 2 21 part of the highway. 2 22 6. Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, the speed 2 23 limit for all vehicular traffic on fully controlled-access, 2 24 divided, multilaned highways including the national system of 2 25 interstate highways designated by the federal highway 2 26 administration and this state (23 U.S.C. } 103 (e)) issixty-2 27fiveseventy miles per hour. However, the department or 2 28 cities with the approval of the department may establish a 2 29 lower speed limit upon such highways located within the 2 30 corporate limits of a city. For the purposes of this 2 31 subsection, a fully controlled-access highway is a highway 2 32 that gives preference to through traffic by providing access 2 33 connections with selected public roads only and by prohibiting 2 34 crossings at grade or direct private driveway connections. A 2 35 minimum speed of forty miles per hour, road conditions 3 1 permitting, is established on the highways referred to in this 3 2 subsection. 3 3 It is further provided that any kind of vehicle, implement, 3 4 or conveyance incapable of attaining and maintaining a speed 3 5 of forty miles per hour shall be prohibited from using the 3 6 interstate system. 3 7 Sec. 3. Section 321.293, Code 1995, is amended to read as 3 8 follows: 3 9 321.293 LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAY ALTER LIMITS. 3 10 Local authorities in their respectivejurisdiction3 11 jurisdictions may in their discretion, subject to the approval 3 12 of the department, authorize by ordinance higher speeds than 3 13 those stated in section 321.285uponon through highways or 3 14uponon highways or portionsthereofof the highways where 3 15 stop or yield signs have been erected at the entrances, 3 16theretoprovided signs areerectedposted giving notice of the 3 17 authorized speed, but. However, local authorities shall not 3 18 have authority to authorize by ordinance a speed in excess of 3 19fifty-fivesixty miles per hour. If local authorities fail to 3 20 authorizeby ordinancehigher speedsthan those stated in3 21section 321.285 upon through highways or upon highways or3 22portions thereof where stop signs have been erected at the3 23entrances theretoin accordance with this section, the 3 24 department may recommend, upon the basis of an engineering and 3 25 traffic investigation, to the local authoritiesthat the speed 3 26 limit be increased. If local authorities fail to increase the 3 27 speed limit uponsaidthe recommendation of the department, 3 28saidthe department shall declare a reasonable and safe speed 3 29 limit which shall be effective when appropriate signs are 3 30erected giving notice thereofposted. 3 31 Sec. 4. Section 321A.3, subsection 4, Code 1995, is 3 32 amended to read as follows: 3 33 4. The abstract of operating recordprovided under this3 34section shall designate which speeding violations occurring on3 35or after July 1, 1986, but before May 12, 1987, are for4 1violations of ten miles per hour or less over the legal speed4 2limit in speed zones that have a legal speed limit greater4 3than thirty-five miles per hour. For speeding violations4 4occurring on or after May 12, 1987, the abstract provided4 5 under this section shall designate which speeding violations 4 6 are for ten miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit 4 7 in speed zones that have a legal speed limit equal to or 4 8 greater than thirty-five miles per hour but not greater than 4 9fifty-fivesixty miles per hour. 4 10 Sec. 5. Section 516B.3, subsection 1, Code 1995, is 4 11 amended to read as follows: 4 12 1. The commissioner shall require that insurance companies 4 13 transacting business in this state not consider speeding 4 14 violationsoccurring on or after July 1, 1986, but before May4 1512, 1987, which are for speeding violations for ten miles per4 16hour or less over the legal speed limit in speed zones that4 17have a legal speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per4 18hour or speeding violations occurring on or after May 12,4 191987, which are for speeding violationsfor ten miles per hour 4 20 or less over the legal speed limit in speed zones that have a 4 21 legal speed limit equal to or greater than thirty-five miles 4 22 per hour but not greater thanfifty-fivesixty miles per hour 4 23 for the purpose of establishing rates for motor vehicle 4 24 insurance charged by the insurer and shall require that 4 25 insurance companies not cancel or refuse to renew any such 4 26 policy for such violations. In any twelve-month period, this 4 27 section applies only to the first two such violations which 4 28 occur. 4 29 Sec. 6. Section 805.8, subsection 2, paragraph g, 4 30 subparagraph (4), Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as 4 31 follows: 4 32 (4) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (3), for 4 33 excessive speed violations in speed zones greater thanfifty-4 34fivesixty miles per hour when in excess of the limit by five 4 35 miles per hour or less the fine is ten dollars, by more than 5 1 five and not more than ten miles per hour the fine is twenty 5 2 dollars, by more than ten and not more than fifteen miles per 5 3 hour the fine is forty dollars, by more than fifteen and not 5 4 more than twenty miles per hour the fine is sixty dollars, and 5 5 by more than twenty miles per hour the fine is sixty dollars 5 6 plus two dollars for each mile per hour of excessive speed 5 7 over twenty miles per hour over the limit. 5 8 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 5 9 immediate importance, is effective upon enactment. 5 10 EXPLANATION 5 11 This bill increases the speed limits on controlled-access, 5 12 divided, multilaned highways, including the interstate, from 5 13 65 miles per hour to 70 miles per hour. It increases the 5 14 speed limit on secondary roads from 55 miles per hour to 60 5 15 miles per hour. If a secondary road does not have a concrete 5 16 or asphalt surface, the speed limit is increased from 55 miles 5 17 per hour to 60 miles per hour between sunrise and sunset and 5 18 increased from 50 miles per hour to 55 miles per hour between 5 19 sunset and sunrise. The bill makes other technical changes 5 20 commensurate with increasing the speed limit. 5 21 This bill is effective upon enactment. 5 22 LSB 3338HH 76 5 23 js/jj/8.1
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